The allegorisation process in Walter Benjamin

In this paper we will address Walter Benjamin''s philosophical use of allegory its peculiarity and relevance. We argue that it is through allegorical images that it is possible to think and think (us) in a different way. A way that perhaps succeeds in subtracting itself from a world that is increasingly reifying and reifying that places philosophy in a pendulum with art or artistic forms in such a way that their dialogue is not only fruitful but eminently necessary. A dialogue in which allegoric...See More